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Terry's case: A Youth at Risk

List of Drugs


Here is a list of drugs that may be injected:

  • cocaine, also known as coke, can also be snorted through a straw, smoked as crack cocaine through a pipe or with lighted solvent as free-base.

  • heroin, also known as H, junk, smack, dope, brown, chiva, manteca, can also be smoked or inhaled.

  • cocaine/heroin, also known as speed ball

  • crushed pills and capsules, DANGEROUS because of venous blockage.

For a glossary of terms related to substance abuse click here

For a quick reference on substance use click here